Spindrift

Published: August 28, 2004 12:00AM

HIGHLAND LASSIE
Cool and sweet and
Mighty sassy,
She is like the
Highland lassie.
Delicate her charm;
Her song
A melancholy strain.
I would call her
back again.
Pindar
FLIM FLAM SAM
My youthful dreams of future
wealth
were most of assets that
I owned.
Except for happiness
and health
(These latter two were often
loaned)
Those three I've used as best
I can
to get me through each
fun filled day,
And Flim-Flam Sam, the
Pawnshop Man,
advanced the things I
couldn't pay.
Some day, when finally I
get rich;
but need back health and
happiness,
I'll reimburse Sam, pick
up chits,
and pay my pile of lifelong
debts!
Ralph E. Kane
STANDARDS
Do not live
by
another's standards
but by
your
own standards.
Marsha Blyth
THE MOHAVE DESERT
God gave Mother Nature
Instructions to paint
the Mohave Desert.
Mother Nature dipped
her brush into many
colors, gold, red,
brown, green
I have seen
paintings by Corot
and Millet:
but none more
beautiful than
Mohave Desert on display.
George R. Beck
PARADISE
I look for a home where
I'll never grow old
A home where the sky's
always blue;
A home where I'll walk with
Christ at my side;
Where I'll always be with you.
Some folks think this life
Is all that there is.
Some folks see this life
a dull grind;
But I look for that life
Where we never grow old
A life with Earth's cares
All behind.
Carl D. Herald
LIGHTNING BUG
Small spark of summer,
Tiny flicker of faith,
Little lantern of the night.
Hearkens back my childhood,
Awakens my sense of wonder,
Beckons me into the night.
JKK
For Spindrift, poems should be not more than 20 lines. Send to A.L. Blum, 770 Diamond Alley, Millersburg, 44654.